چکیده:
Objectives: Complementary and alternative medicine methods (CAM) are now used for a wide range of disorders. Craniosacral therapy (CST) is one of CAM methods in which manual maneuvers with light forces are used for different aspects of health. In the present research, the effects of CST were studied for reducing symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Method: Twenty-four children with ADHD were recruited as an available sample from Roshd Occupational Therapy Center and divided randomly into control and experimental groups. Before and after intervention, the Conner’s Parents Rating Scale as well as child's symptom inventory-4th was filled out by parents. Both groups participated in occupational therapy programs as a routine intervention, while the experimental group received an additional CST for 15 sessions, twice a week. The collected data were analyzed as the covariance method by SPSS16. Results: CST showed significant effects on increasing attention, reducing hyperactivity, oppositional defiant, conduct disorder, anxiety and embarrassment, social problems and psychosomatic problems of the participants. Discussion: CST as a type of biomechanical correction can facilitate improvement in children with symptoms of ADHD.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In the present research, the effects of CST were studied for reducing symptoms of attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Method: Twenty-four children with ADHD were recruited as an available sample from Roshd Occupational Therapy Center and divided randomly into control and experimental groups.
Results: CST showed significant effects on increasing attention, reducing hyperactivity, oppositional defiant, conduct disorder, anxiety and embarrassment, social problems and psychosomatic problems of the participants.
Methods Participants: Twenty-four children (6-11 year old) with ADHD who referred to Roshd Occupational Therapy is setting in Tehran, Iran and participated in a randomized experimental study (Table1).
Descriptive statistics of the pretest-posttest scores of the control and experimental groups in CPRS-R pre test post test Sub-scales of CPRS-R Conduct disorder Social problems Anxiety Psychosomatic control 72.
Covariance analysis results in Table (4) shows that after controlling pretest the impacts of Craniosacral therapy for attention deficit, hyperactivity, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder (sub-scales of the child symptom inventory-4th (CSI-4), were significant (p≤0.
001 Covariance analysis results in Table (5) shows that after controlling pretest the impacts of Craniosacral therapy on conduct disorder, social problem, anxiety, psychosomatic, and total (sub-scales of CPRS were being significant (p≤0.
Results of covariance analysis of the impact of craniosacral therapy on CPRS-R scores in experimental group Sub-scales of CPRS Conduct disorder Social problems Anxiety Psychosomatic source pre test group pre test group pre test group pre test group pre test sum of squares 554.